Diplomacy

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For most of the twentieth century, the most critical concerns of national security have been balance-of-power politics and the global arms race.

In July 1997, the promise of the Asian economic miracle and the Pacific century devolved into economic chaos and the onset of what has become known as the Asian financial crisis.

President Obama has just three years left in office to define his legacy in world affairs.

Thalakada argues that the principal purpose of US alliances have shifted since the end of the Cold War from containing communist expansionism (balance of power) to preserving and exercising US power (management of power).

This book explores Chinese soft power and public diplomacy, and the way that it has played out in the context of the US-China relationship.

Many of Tony Blair's policy decisions in the Israeli-Palestinian arena were controversial and politically costly.

An in-depth look at how the ideas formulated by the interwar League of Nations shaped American thinking on the modern global order.

This book analyses the evolving engagement of the United States and Cuba, along with the impact of this relationship on Cuba-CARICOM relations and the Caribbean.

The question of what causes war has concerned statesmen since the time of Thucydides.

In January 1986, two working journalists were flying aboard the official jet of Israel's Prime Minister Shimon Peres, as he toured Europe and reactivated his secret diplomacy with Jordan's King Hussein.

During the early years of the Second World War, Britain devoted immense resources to building military bases in Egypt and Palestine.

A comprehensive analysis of how globalization has altered political conflict, giving a fresh perspective on the contemporary rise of populism.

This book examines the growing interest by Asian states, which are normally considered as 'outsiders' in the Arctic governance system.

After World War II, American statesman and scholar Lincoln Gordon emerged as one of the key players in the reconstruction of Europe.

Relations between the new state of Israel and the European Union in the first twenty years of the Community's existence were a major policy issue given the background of the Holocaust and the way the new nation was established.

Strategic Intelligence in the Cold War and Beyond looks at the many events, personalities, and controversies in the field of intelligence and espionage since the end of World War II.

This book explores how the EU, as an international actor, is adapting to recent transformations in the multilateral system.

This book presents an analysis of how metaphors are essential elements in the study of international relations.

Providing a comprehensive and engaging account of personal unions, composite monarchies and multiple rule in premodern Europe: Unions and Divisions.

The military alliance between the United States and Brazil played a critical role in the outcome of World War II, and yet it is largely overlooked in historiography of the war.

This book brings together a unique team of academics and practitioners to analyse interests, institutions, and issues affecting and affected by the transition from Asia-Pacific to Indo-Pacific.

This book considers the principal challenges facing the European Union, which has been buffeted by a series of profound crises, both internal and external.

For thirteen days in October of 1962, a truly perilous flirtation with nuclear war developed between the United States and USSR, as the superpowers argued over the installation of Soviet nuclear weapons in Cuba.

Tracing the cultural interactions between South and Southeast Asia since prehistoric times, the book critically scrutinizes the current cultural diplomacy initiatives of India's Look-Act East Policy.

Offner clarifies the complex relations of the United States, Spain, and Cuba leading up to the Spanish-American War and contends that the war was not wanted by any of the parties but was nonetheless unavoidable.

Commonwealth and Independence in Post-Soviet Eurasia (1998) examines the various attempts to create new forms of integration by the new states of Eurasia.

Now in its fifth edition, this volume offers a clear, concise, and nuanced history of U.

This book revises the conventional wisdom about the Anglo-Japanese relationship in the late nineteenth century that these two countries were bound by mutual sympathy and common interests, and therefore the common ground which led to the signing of the Anglo-Japanese Alliance in 1902, had already existed in the 1880s.

The arrival of Charles-Maurice, Prince de Talleyrand-Perigord, as French ambassador in London in September 1830, was regarded as a great event by the British government.

"e;"e;Future presidents will need to find the right balance in China policy, so as to maintain America's strength and watchfulness but not fall into the classic security dilemma, wherein each side believes that growing capabilities reflect hostile intent and responds by producing that reality.

This book seeks to identify a body or tradition of diplomatic thinking and construct a diplomatic theory of international relations from it.

Ronald Reagan is arguably the most successful post-war American president.

Citizenship and Gender in Britain, 1688-1928 explores the history of citizenship in Britain during a period when admission to the political community was commonly thought about in terms of gender.

This book is the first and only practical guide to negotiating peace.

The book focuses on international cultural relations dealing with cultural heritage in terms of heritage diplomacy.

This book discusses theoretical perspectives of analyzing the relations between the states and non-state actors in the Horn of Africa and their counterparts in the Persian Gulf and the Middle East.

The Rise of the Military Entrepreneur explores how a new kind of international military figure emerged from, and exploited, the seventeenth century's momentous political, military, commercial, and scientific changes.

The book explores the role of new modes of governance in helping future member states to cope with their accession to the EU.

This book brings together up-to-date research from prominent international scholars in a collaborative exploration of the Japan's efforts to shape Asia's rapidly shifting regional order.

Why do some leaders and segments of the public display remarkable persistence in confrontations in international politics, while others cut and run?

This book is about the trajectory of Indo-Afghanistan relations and its setting in the multilateral global order especially the interplay of the super-powers and the regional powers along with the emerging humanitarian crisis along with India's concern and insecurity dilemma that emerged due to Taliban 2.

This book provides the first comprehensive analysis of US policy from the perspective of an analyst and scholar from the region.

Originally published in 1971, The Royal Demesne in English History shows how Norman and Angevin kings were able to regard the whole of their English kingdom as their royal demesne in the continental medieval sense.

This book takes a new approach to examining the relationship between China and Russia, departing from the standard debate over whether the relationship is a true strategic partnership or merely an axis of convenience.

What does it mean to be secure in the 21st century?

This book shows how the first institution of global governance was conceived and operated.

This book probes key issues pertaining to Africa's relations with global actors.

Egypt has long been valued for its strategic importance in the Middle East and North Africa, but its relationship with the United States continues to evolve.